Global Patent Index - EP 1305732 A2

EP 1305732 A2 20030502 - METHOD, COMPUTER SYSTEM AND COMPUTER SYSTEM NETWORK

Title (en)

METHOD, COMPUTER SYSTEM AND COMPUTER SYSTEM NETWORK

Title (de)

VERFAHREN, RECHNERSYSTEM UND NETZWERK

Title (fr)

PROCEDE, SYSTEME INFORMATIQUE ET RESEAU DE SYSTEMES INFORMATIQUES

Publication

EP 1305732 A2 20030502 (EN)

Application

EP 01947640 A 20010706

Priority

  • GB 0103041 W 20010706
  • GB 0016822 A 20000707
  • GB 0027301 A 20001108
  • GB 0111737 A 20010514
  • US 62406900 A 20000724

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0208935A2] A computer system for providing a centralised register of transport provider permanent booking agreements between a plurality of transport providers and a plurality of forwarders is dislosed. The booking agreements relate to capacity on routes between stations in a transport system. The computer system includes a processing unit, an interface unit for communication with said processing unit, and a memory unit. The computer system is configured to receive one or more transport provider allotment templates from a plurality of transport providers. Each allotment template comprises template data representing a permanent booking agrement between a transport provider and a forwarder. The template data comprises data representative of one or more route leg instances and data representative of an agreement capacity value for at least one of said one or more route leg instances. The computer system is configured to store a record of said allotment templates in the memory unit. Access to the record is provided to a plurality of forwarders such that each forwarder can view at least part of the template data of each allotment template which represents a permanent booking agreement between the forwarder and one or more transport providers. Access to the template data of allotment templates representing a permanent booking agreement between another forwarder and said one or more transport providers is not provided.

IPC 1-7

G06F 17/00

IPC 8 full level

G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01); G08G 5/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G08G 1/202 (2013.01); G08G 5/0095 (2013.01); G08G 1/123 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0208935A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0208935 A2 20020131; WO 0208935 A3 20030206; AU 6928601 A 20020205; CN 1447945 A 20031008; EP 1305732 A2 20030502

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 0103041 W 20010706; AU 6928601 A 20010706; CN 01812447 A 20010706; EP 01947640 A 20010706